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Step 2 CK NBME Form 12specific subtype of peripheral arterial disease that presents with claudication, ED, and decreased lower extremity arterial pulses Aortoiliac occlusion, iliac occlusive disease (Leriche syndrome) leading cause of mortality in the US and the risk increases for postmenopausal women as a result of the loss of cardioprotective benefits from estrogen Modifiable risk factors: diet, activity levels, management of comorbidities, and smoking cessation Cardiovascular disease presents with thrombocytopenia, mucosal bleeding, and petechia, or purpura from cutaneous hemorrhage Tx: ITP Tx: steroids, IVIG, or splenectomy (if, refractory) most predictive poor prognosis of pancreatic cancer - contraindication to surgery is encasement of the SMA FYI: tumor location of the head is associated with improved prognosis as the body or tail present at a later stage any fetus less than gestational age _____ - _______ weeks will be nonviable, resuscitation efforts would be inappropriate - less than 22-23 weeks of gestation Both endotracheal tubes and NG tubes can decrease the sinus drainage, which promotes accumulation of secretions and growth/introduction of bacterial pathogens dx:? Acute nosocomial sinusitis -dx: Ct scan of the sinuses syndrome of failed B and T lymphocyte activity leading to impaired cellular and humoral immunity. Combined immunodeficiency pt with OA, that has a hx of GERD, peptic ulcer disease, or CKD Tx: Avoid: Tx: 1st-line Acetaminophen Avoid: NSAIDs represents the likelihood of erroneously rejecting the null hypothesis (concluding that the alt. hypothesis is true) Type 1 error form of study in which statistical analysis is performed to combine the results of multiple studies addressing the same question meta-analysis - increases the power pt with heartburn on exertion think stable angina